How To Add Official Twitter Share Count (Tweet) Button To Thesis WordPress Theme

Twitter has officially released the twitter tweet buttons for its users. Most of the users already started using these buttons now. In my last post I shared a tutorial to add official tweet buttons to WordPress blogs. Now I’m going to share a tutorial for adding a tweet button to thesis WordPress theme.

How To Add Tweet Button To Thesis

First copy the following code and replace tricksdaddy with your own twitter user name.

Now navigate to your custom_functions.php file and paste the code there.Note: Take a backup of your custom_functions.php file before making any changes to it.

Now save your custom_functions.php file and refresh your blog. You will see new official tweet button on your blog.

Customization

If you want the button to appear on left hand side then simply replace float:right with float:left

Twitter tweet button is available in following three styles:

You can have any of the following styles on your blog. If you want to show your button in horizontal or no count style, then simply replace vertical with horizontal for horizontal style button and none for no count button.

I’m using the tweetmeme button on my blog, but I’m using a function. I find it better to use a function than install another plugin. You have made this very easy for others to do the same and that’s cool.